Revision as of 15:53, 24 May 2011

Start Up Screen

Game Interface

The game interface has many available options and displays everything a player needs to know in order to be competitive in the game, I will attempt to explain each section and the various options available

Global Options

This pertains to various game options globally regardless of which city is selected by the City Tab

Pause

Manually pause the game, when the pause button is used Y.A.E.B. will NOT log in again after a specified time, the player will need to Click Resume for Y.A.E.B. to continue to manage the account

Refresh

Manually reconnect with the Evony game servers to refresh game data

Global Settings

When You click on this button a sperate dialogue box will open with 5 separate configurable settings

Map Colors

In this area you are able to select the colors which are displayed on the map in order to better identify the various game items

Log Colors

Change the color of various Log event messages in order so they will stand out when they appear in the event log screen

Auto Use Items

Select which wheel items Y.A.E.B will use automagiclly as soon as you receive them, if there is more then 1 item at the time Y.A.E.B. will automagiclly ensure the items are not used simultaneously

Misc

You will need to fill out the sections in this area to Join Y.A.E.B. Chat

About

All information regarding the Y.A.E.B. version can be found in this area

NB: this information is also displayed the the top of the startup screen

Links

Forum

Will open up browser window to Y.A.E.B. Forum

Guide

Will Open up browser window to the Y.A.E.B. User Guide

Buy Game Cents

Will open up browser window with the Evony purchase game cents page

Donate

Will open up browser window to optional donation area

City Tabs

All cities within the account are displayed in this area in a separate tab displaying the first 3 letters of the city name and the coordinates of the city

Selecting a city tab will mean all commands entered will only pertain to the city selected except for global commands which affect all cities

Goals, Scripts, and City Settings

Goals Input

Goal commands are entered in this area after selecting the Goals Tab

Load Default

Clicking on the Load Default button will enter generic goals into the goals input area

Load

Clicking on the Load button will load the last goals that were saved when save changes was last used

Set Goals

Clicking on the Set Goals button will activate and execute the goals in the goals input area

Save Changes

When you click the Save Changes button this will save the goals you have entered

Script Input

Script commands are entered in this area after selecting the Script Tab

Line

Displays the line number for scripts as they are executed

Run

Click to run the entered script

Stop

Stops the script running

Load

Load the last saved script into the input area

Save

Save the currently entered script

City Settings

When you select the City Settings Tab this will give access to further options which only pertain to the city selected in the City Tabs, these settings must be set individually for each city

Debug

When selected you can toggle on or off various debug information, which will be displayed in the Event Log

NPC

Under Development

City Information, Map

In this area the user is able to view important information regarding each city in the account, only the information for the city selected by the City Tabs will be shown

Info

Displays General city and account information

Res

Displays resources for the selected city

Vall

Display information regarding captured valleys, also displays information regarding new cities as they are being built

Inn

Display all information regarding Heroes available for hire

Heroes

Displays information regarding the heroes in your city

Build

Displays information regarding city buildings and the creation of the same

Acad

Displays all information about technologies and the levels of each technology

Army

Displays information regarding current troop movements

Troops

Displays information regarding troop levels and training queues

Prod

Displays information regarding the selected cities barracks, including queues, build times

Fort

Displays information regarding the city fortifications

Trade

Displays market information regarding selling, buying and transporting resources

Extra

Displays all troops heading to your city including but not limited to, reinforcements, transport resources, enemy attack waves

Map

Displays a representation of the Evony playing field also giving limited information concerning the city's, valleys and field with in the maps radius

Event Logs

Log

All events for all city's are displayed when the "log" tab is selected, retains just over 12hrs worth of events

City Log

When the "City Log" tab is selected it will only display the events of the city currently selected by the "City Tab", this retains about 7hrs of events

Reports

All reports can be found in this area, if the report is in regards to a loss or a gain it will be here

Alliance

All information regarding your alliance is shown in this area

Items

Displays all special items

Chat, Inline Commands

In this section you are able to interact with the various Evony chats, You can also interact with all Y.A.E.B. users with the addition of Y.A.E.B. chat

Alliance Chat

Interact with Evony players in your alliance

Private Chat

Chat one on one with Evony game players

World Chat

Chat with Evony Players on server

System

Display a log of all diplomacy declarations and city conquests on the server

IRC

Interact with Y.A.E.B. users via Internet Relay Chat. You will find #world, #server, and #alliance channels within the IRC tab.

Commands

Input area for various commands, including but not limited to, Mail, Reports, alliance, search options